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Air

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Community Matters: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Claim To Be A Good Neighbor Is Insulting To Beaver County Residents - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, Ph.D, RiverWise

-- Bloomberg: Orbiting Methane Cameras Are Catching Polluters In The Act

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Who Pays For Air Quality Regulatory Program In Allegheny County?  Health Dept. Proposes Changes In Funding

-- Pittsburgh City Paper: Is Pittsburgh’s Weird Terrain Making The Already-Dodgy Air Quality Even Dodgier?

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: On 75th Anniversary Of Donora Smog Disaster, PA’s Air Quality Is Still Terrible

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: PA Senate Panel OKs Bills To Change Vehicle Emission Inspection Program

-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment]

-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 22 - 28; Conventional Wells Venting Gas; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 29  [PaEN]

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- York Dispatch: York County Gets Mixed Results In New Air Quality Report

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Join The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. Michell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- ​​Reimagine Appalachia: New Report Outlines Job Impacts Of Green Locomotives From The Wabtec Manufacturing Facility In Erie  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators - Including PA - Urge PJM To Speed Interconnection For New Generation In Face Of Power Plant Retirements

-- WPost: New York Set To Pass First Statewide Ban On New Natural Gas Hookups In Residential, Commercial Buildings

-- Bloomberg: Oregon City Banned Natural Gas, The Gas Company Fought Back With $1 Million Counterattack

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Electric Shuttle Buses, EV Charging Infrastructure Bound For Pittsburgh Airport

-- EPA Announces $400 Million Grant Program To Fund Clean School Buses

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke

Allegheny National Forest

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Centennial, Tree City USA Celebrated

Alternative Fuels

-- ​​Reimagine Appalachia: New Report Outlines Job Impacts Of Green Locomotives From The Wabtec Manufacturing Facility In Erie  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Electric Shuttle Buses, EV Charging Infrastructure Bound For Pittsburgh Airport

-- EPA Announces $400 Million Grant Program To Fund Clean School Buses

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke

-- Erie Times: Feds Charge 6 NY Residents With Stealing Thousands Of Pounds Of Cooking Oil To Go To Make Biodiesel Fuel In Erie Refinery

-- WSJ: US Wants A Rare Earths Supply Chain, Why It Won’t Come Easily [PA Cong. Reschenthaler Bill]

-- WPost: On Frontier Of New ‘Gold Rush,’ Quest For Coveted EV Metals Yields Misery

Awards & Recognition

-- DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building  [PaEN]

-- Dickinson College To Recognize Environmental & Indigenous Rights Advocate Tara Houska With Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism  [PaEN]

-- County Conservation District Week Observed April 23-29  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Highlights Importance Of Trees In Communities On National Arbor Day At Cumberland County Event  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Arbor Day Celebrated In Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven

-- Citizens Voice Blog: Celebrate Arbor Day In Pennsylvania

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Centennial, Tree City USA Celebrated

-- UnionProgress.com: New Designation Celebrates 8 Of Pittsburgh’s ‘Remarkable Trees’

-- CBF Blog: Student In CBF's Student Leadership Program Worked To Rename Stream After Kitty Payne, An Emancipated Slave Who Lived Near Biglerville, Adams County - By B.J. Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: On 75th Anniversary Of Donora Smog Disaster, PA’s Air Quality Is Still Terrible

-- TribLive: Monroeville Conservation Project Among Allegheny Land Trust’s 30th Anniversary Efforts

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Launches Ambitious 15-Year North Scranton Riverfront Project

-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge

-- Warren Times: Time To Register For 65th Allegany Nature Pilgrimage June 2-4

-- EPA Names 2023 Top Cities For ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings, Including Philadelphia

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon: A Look At Bringing Peregrine Falcons Back To PA After DDT Effects 

-- Warren Times: Hellbender Makes Appearance At Cornplanter Council Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Spring Conservation Show

-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge

-- Altoona Mirror: Area Bat Population Slowly But Steadily Rebounding [Lincoln Caverns, Frank Felbaum Bat Sanctuary]

-- KYW: Spotted Lanternflies Return To Delaware Valley

-- Public Opinion: Goats Will Do Yardwork In Chambersburg 

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Native Plant Sale April 24 - May 5, Montgomery County

-- WESA: Find Seedlings, Local Growing Tips At One Of Penn State Extension’s Many Plant Sales

-- Centre Daily Times: Central PA Native Plant Festival Coming Next Month To New Location

-- Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences: May 17 Webinar On The Latest Buzz On Beekeeping & Pollinators.  1:00 p.m.

-- Nature At Risk Series: Why Backyard Pollinators Are All The Buzz - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- WHYY/BillyPenn: Bees Are Busy At Philly’s Libraries, Making Honey Used For Education And Fun 

Budget

-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment]

-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA  [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN]

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Awards 11 Grants Totaling $120,000  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Organizers Of Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Envision It As Model For Clean Water Projects

-- CBF Blog: Student In CBF's Student Leadership Program Worked To Rename Stream After Kitty Payne, An Emancipated Slave Who Lived Near Biglerville, Adams County - By B.J. Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- DEP Update On Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters: New Funding Available; Watershed Forestry Summit; County Updates, More

-- Protecting Clean Water Together Series: Community Solar Saves Water - Keeps it Clean - Saves Money, Too! -  By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: EPA Lawsuit On Chesapeake Bay Tentatively Settled, With Pennsylvania Taking Heat

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Did EPA Throw PA Under The Boat On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Settlement?

-- Julia Krall Named PA Executive Director Of Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

-- DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building  [PaEN]

-- Dickinson College To Recognize Environmental & Indigenous Rights Advocate Tara Houska With Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Holds May 1 Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability Looking At Natural Gas, Other Generation Failures During Winter Storm Elliot In December [PaEN]

-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment]

-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking  [PaEN]

-- DEP Tentatively Sets May 18 Online Public Conference On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County; Opponents Again Call For Robust Public Participation Process  [PaEN]

-- Washington Examiner Guest Essay: EPA Slowing Down Process For Approving Waste Injection Wells

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Who Pays For Air Quality Regulatory Program In Allegheny County?  Health Dept. Proposes Changes In Funding

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: On 75th Anniversary Of Donora Smog Disaster, PA’s Air Quality Is Still Terrible

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Community Matters: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Claim To Be A Good Neighbor Is Insulting To Beaver County Residents - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, Ph.D, RiverWise

-- York Dispatch: York County Gets Mixed Results In New Air Quality Report

-- MCall: Carbon Farming - What A Green Future Could Look Like For The Lehigh Valley

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Join The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. Michell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- ​​Reimagine Appalachia: New Report Outlines Job Impacts Of Green Locomotives From The Wabtec Manufacturing Facility In Erie  [PaEN]

-- House Consumer Protection Committee Reports Out Solar Energy Decommissioning Bills For Rereferral To House Environmental Committee  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Reports Out Bipartisan Bills On School Solar Energy Grants For Rereferral, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Replicate Steelton-Highspire Schools’ Solar Energy Facility Across PA

-- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philadelphia Students Present Environmental Problems And Solutions At WHYY

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: As Lancaster Climate Summit Demonstrated, We Still Have Chance To Save Our Planet

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Gov. Shapiro’s Climate Panel Should Be Open

-- DEP To Hold May 17 Meeting/Hearing On Rausch Creek Mining Project In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Monroeville Conservation Project Among Allegheny Land Trust’s 30th Anniversary Efforts

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Launches Ambitious 15-Year North Scranton Riverfront Project

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN]

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Awards 11 Grants Totaling $120,000  [PaEN]

-- County Conservation District Week Observed April 23-29  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Organizers Of Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Envision It As Model For Clean Water Projects

-- Western PA Conservancy To Hold Public Meetings, Invites Public Suggestions On Future Use, Improvements To Juniata River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Bedford Gazette: Juniata Watershed Meetings Planned In May

-- CBF Blog: Student In CBF's Student Leadership Program Worked To Rename Stream After Kitty Payne, An Emancipated Slave Who Lived Near Biglerville, Adams County - By B.J. Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- DEP Update On Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters: New Funding Available; Watershed Forestry Summit; County Updates, More

-- Protecting Clean Water Together Series: Community Solar Saves Water - Keeps it Clean - Saves Money, Too! -  By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- DelcoTimes.com: Chester Residents, Activists Again March On Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility

-- CleanScapes: Volunteers Needed For Cleanups In Clinton County, Northcentral PA Starting April 29

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Collects Over 73,000 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste At Collection Event April 28-29  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Mountain Climbers Rappel Down Mount Washington In Pittsburgh To Cleanup Litter

-- Post-Gazette: ‘This Is Amazing,’: Dozens Rappel Off Mount Washington For Annual Litter Clean Up

-- Republican Herald: 685 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Collected During Take Back Day In Schuylkill County

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly’s Ban Has Prevented 200 Million Plastic Bags From Being Used

-- WHYY: Study Finds Philly’s Plastic Bag Ban Is Working

-- WHYY: Cheltenham Twp. Passes Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags; 16th Municipality In PA To Pass A Ban

-- PA Resources Council: Registration Open For Weekday Electronics Waste Collection Events In Allegheny County During May  [PaEN] 

-- PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Cambria County During May  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Sets May Schedule For Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Aspinwall Cleans Up Through ‘Green Streets’ Program

-- TribLive: Leechburg Recycling Center Volunteers Carry Heavy Burden

-- Beaver County Times: Earth Day Celebrated At Sisters Of St. Joseph

-- Reading Eagle: 1,300+ Feet Of Blue Marsh Lake Shoreline Restored, Fish Habitat Added

-- WHYY: Philly’s Commercial Corridors Are Blooming With Greenery Thanks To 117 New Trees

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Native Plant Sale April 24 - May 5, Montgomery County

-- WESA: Find Seedlings, Local Growing Tips At One Of Penn State Extension’s Many Plant Sales

-- Centre Daily Times: Central PA Native Plant Festival Coming Next Month To New Location

-- WTAJ: ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day With Annual Watershed Cleanup Day In Centre County

-- April 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: Greenpeace Warns Europe’s LNG Natural Gas Hunt Risks Locking In Pollution

-- DEP Took Action On 664 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,441 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Climate

-- Senate Environmental Committee Holds May 1 Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability Looking At Natural Gas, Other Generation Failures During Winter Storm Elliot In December [PaEN]

-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment]

-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 22 - 28; Conventional Wells Venting Gas; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 29  [PaEN]

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- House Consumer Protection Committee Reports Out Solar Energy Decommissioning Bills For Rereferral To House Environmental Committee  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Reports Out Bipartisan Bills On School Solar Energy Grants For Rereferral, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Replicate Steelton-Highspire Schools’ Solar Energy Facility Across PA

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Carbon Farming - What A Green Future Could Look Like For The Lehigh Valley

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Biden Administration Providing Bold Leadership To Combat Climate Change - By Sen. Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia)

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Join The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. Michell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- Beaver County Times: Shell To Address Flaring, Odor At Petrochemical Plant Tuesday

-- Bloomberg: Orbiting Methane Cameras Are Catching Polluters In The Act

-- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philadelphia Students Present Environmental Problems And Solutions At WHYY

-- WHYY: Philly’s Commercial Corridors Are Blooming With Greenery Thanks To 117 New Trees

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: As Lancaster Climate Summit Demonstrated, We Still Have Chance To Save Our Planet

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Gov. Shapiro’s Climate Panel Should Be Open

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: California Shareholder Initiative On Climate Hotly Contested By CNX

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Natural Gas Calls Shareholder Climate Proposal ‘Spamlike In Nature’

-- UnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Adding Solar Panels To New Stanton Office As Part Of Sustainability Effort

-- ​​Reimagine Appalachia: New Report Outlines Job Impacts Of Green Locomotives From The Wabtec Manufacturing Facility In Erie  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Electric Shuttle Buses, EV Charging Infrastructure Bound For Pittsburgh Airport

-- EPA Announces $400 Million Grant Program To Fund Clean School Buses

-- WPost: New York Set To Pass First Statewide Ban On New Natural Gas Hookups In Residential, Commercial Buildings

-- Bloomberg: Oregon City Banned Natural Gas, The Gas Company Fought Back With $1 Million Counterattack

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators - Including PA - Urge PJM To Speed Interconnection For New Generation In Face Of Power Plant Retirements

-- EPA Releases Report Showing Health Impacts Of Climate Change On Children In US

-- Bloomberg: How The World Is Spending $1.1 Trillion On Climate Technology

-- The Guardian: ‘Like A Dam Breaking:’ Experts Hail Decision To Let US Climate Lawsuits Advance

-- Inside Climate News: U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeals From Fossil Fuel Companies In Local Climate Change Lawsuits

-- Bloomberg: Greenpeace Warns Europe’s LNG Natural Gas Hunt Risks Locking In Pollution

-- WPost: On Frontier Of New ‘Gold Rush,’ Quest For Coveted EV Metals Yields Misery

Coal Mining

-- DEP To Hold May 17 Meeting/Hearing On Rausch Creek Mining Project In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: 100+ People To Be Laid Off Due To Homer City Coal-fired Power Plant Closure

-- Post-Gazette: WV Electricity Customers Would See Their Bills Increase $36 Million To Keep Coal-Fired Power Plant Open

-- Archinect News: PHMC Receives Grant To Start Process Of Renovating The Learning Center At The Eckley Miners’ Village Museum In Carbon County

Compliance Action

-- Sen. Yaw To Introduce Bill To Remove ‘Protection’ From The Name Of The Department Of Environmental Protection  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: Climate Activists Urge US Officials To Drop The ‘Natural’ In Natural Gas - Fossil Gas One Alternative

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 22 - 28; Conventional Wells Venting Gas; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties  [PaEN]

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- Beaver County Times: Shell To Address Flaring, Odor At Petrochemical Plant Tuesday

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: House Panel Passes Toxic Violations Notification Bill For Incidents Like Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Erie Times: Feds Charge 6 NY Residents With Stealing Thousands Of Pounds Of Cooking Oil To Go To Make Biodiesel Fuel In Erie Refinery

-- DEP Took Action On 664 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,441 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- County Conservation District Week Observed April 23-29  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Resource Conservationist  [PaEN]

Court Actions

-- DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: ‘Like A Dam Breaking:’ Experts Hail Decision To Let US Climate Lawsuits Advance

-- Inside Climate News: U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeals From Fossil Fuel Companies In Local Climate Change Lawsuits

DCNR

-- DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: DCNR’s Conservation And Stewardship Of State’s Natural Resources Is Vital To Pennsylvania's Booming Outdoor Recreation Industry - By Cindy Adams Dunn, Acting Secretary of DCNR, and John Norbeck Deputy Secretary for Parks & Forestry  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Altoona Is Boosting Its Economy With Outdoor Recreation

-- DCNR Highlights Importance Of Trees In Communities On National Arbor Day At Cumberland County Event  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Arbor Day Celebrated In Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven

-- Citizens Voice Blog: Celebrate Arbor Day In Pennsylvania

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Centennial, Tree City USA Celebrated

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Youth Service Corps For Cleaning Up Environment Deserves Bipartisan Support

-- April 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

DEP

-- DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw To Introduce Bill To Remove ‘Protection’ From The Name Of The Department Of Environmental Protection  [PaEN]

-- DEP: New Webpage Outlines Plan To Streamline Permit Process Without Sacrificing Thorough Reviews, Public Participation

-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment]

-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 22 - 28; Conventional Wells Venting Gas; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 29  [PaEN]

-- DEP Tentatively Sets May 18 Online Public Conference On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County; Opponents Again Call For Robust Public Participation Process  [PaEN]

-- Washington Examiner Guest Essay: EPA Slowing Down Process For Approving Waste Injection Wells

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Community Matters: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Claim To Be A Good Neighbor Is Insulting To Beaver County Residents - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, Ph.D, RiverWise

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Join The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. Michell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Gov. Shapiro’s Climate Panel Should Be Open

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: PA Senate Panel OKs Bills To Change Vehicle Emission Inspection Program

-- York Daily Record: EPA Lawsuit On Chesapeake Bay Tentatively Settled, With Pennsylvania Taking Heat

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Did EPA Throw PA Under The Boat On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Settlement?

-- DEP Update On Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters: New Funding Available; Watershed Forestry Summit; County Updates, More

-- DEP To Hold May 17 Meeting/Hearing On Rausch Creek Mining Project In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: House Panel Passes Toxic Violations Notification Bill For Incidents Like Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- DEP Took Action On 664 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,441 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 29 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing May 10 On Water Withdrawal Requests, June 7 Business Meeting  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Completes Water Storage Study To Support Resilience Planning; 12 Of 14 Final Projects In PA  [PaEN] 

DRBC

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing May 10 On Water Withdrawal Requests, June 7 Business Meeting  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Completes Water Storage Study To Support Resilience Planning; 12 Of 14 Final Projects In PA  [PaEN]

Earth Day

-- Altoona Mirror: Putting Earth First: Portage Students Turn Out For Reboot Of School’s Annual Earth Day Cleanup

-- Post-Gazette: Shaler Students ‘Love The Earth’ And Show It In A New Book

-- Beaver County Times: Earth Day Celebrated At Sisters Of St. Joseph

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming College Students, Service Organizations Clean Up For Earth Day

-- WTAJ: ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day With Annual Watershed Cleanup Day In Centre County

Economic Development

-- Guest Essay: DCNR’s Conservation And Stewardship Of State’s Natural Resources Is Vital To Pennsylvania's Booming Outdoor Recreation Industry - By Cindy Adams Dunn, Acting Secretary of DCNR, and John Norbeck Deputy Secretary for Parks & Forestry  [PaEN]

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- Beaver County Times: Shell To Address Flaring, Odor At Petrochemical Plant Tuesday

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: Pro-Natural Gas Policies Necessary To Unlock Economic Growth, Environmental Gains In Northeast PA

-- ​​Reimagine Appalachia: New Report Outlines Job Impacts Of Green Locomotives From The Wabtec Manufacturing Facility In Erie  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- PennLive: 100+ People To Be Laid Off Due To Homer City Coal-fired Power Plant Closure

-- Post-Gazette: WV Electricity Customers Would See Their Bills Increase $36 Million To Keep Coal-Fired Power Plant Open

-- MCall: Carbon Farming - What A Green Future Could Look Like For The Lehigh Valley

-- NextPittsburgh: Altoona Is Boosting Its Economy With Outdoor Recreation

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Youth Service Corps For Cleaning Up Environment Deserves Bipartisan Support

-- WSJ: US Wants A Rare Earths Supply Chain, Why It Won’t Come Easily [PA Cong. Reschenthaler Bill]

-- Bloomberg: How The World Is Spending $1.1 Trillion On Climate Technology

Education

-- DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building  [PaEN]

-- Dickinson College To Recognize Environmental & Indigenous Rights Advocate Tara Houska With Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism  [PaEN]

-- CBF Blog: Student In CBF's Student Leadership Program Worked To Rename Stream After Kitty Payne, An Emancipated Slave Who Lived Near Biglerville, Adams County - By B.J. Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: DCNR’s Conservation And Stewardship Of State’s Natural Resources Is Vital To Pennsylvania's Booming Outdoor Recreation Industry - By Cindy Adams Dunn, Acting Secretary of DCNR, and John Norbeck Deputy Secretary for Parks & Forestry  [PaEN]

-- Land Health Institute Accepting Applications For Philadelphia Program For Future Environmental Scientists And Stewards (ProFESS), May 15 Deadline

-- Senate Environmental Committee Holds May 1 Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability Looking At Natural Gas, Other Generation Failures During Winter Storm Elliot In December [PaEN]

-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment]

-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 22 - 28; Conventional Wells Venting Gas; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 29  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- House Consumer Protection Committee Reports Out Solar Energy Decommissioning Bills For Rereferral To House Environmental Committee  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Reports Out Bipartisan Bills On School Solar Energy Grants For Rereferral, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Replicate Steelton-Highspire Schools’ Solar Energy Facility Across PA

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Community Matters: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Claim To Be A Good Neighbor Is Insulting To Beaver County Residents - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, Ph.D, RiverWise

-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Program: May 5 - Reducing Cancer Caused By Our Environment, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

-- PUC Encourages Customers To Shop For Competitive Electric, Natural Gas Suppliers, Know Their ‘End Of Contract’ Details

-- Register Now!  9th Annual Renewables Summit Set For May 22-23 Harrisburg [PaEN]

-- MCall: Carbon Farming - What A Green Future Could Look Like For The Lehigh Valley

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Join The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. Michell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- PennLive: 100+ People To Be Laid Off Due To Homer City Coal-fired Power Plant Closure

-- Post-Gazette: WV Electricity Customers Would See Their Bills Increase $36 Million To Keep Coal-Fired Power Plant Open

-- WPost: New York Set To Pass First Statewide Ban On New Natural Gas Hookups In Residential, Commercial Buildings

-- Bloomberg: Oregon City Banned Natural Gas, The Gas Company Fought Back With $1 Million Counterattack

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: As Lancaster Climate Summit Demonstrated, We Still Have Chance To Save Our Planet

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Gov. Shapiro’s Climate Panel Should Be Open

-- April 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge

-- TribLive: Monroeville Conservation Project Among Allegheny Land Trust’s 30th Anniversary Efforts

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Launches Ambitious 15-Year North Scranton Riverfront Project

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Highlights Importance Of Trees In Communities On National Arbor Day At Cumberland County Event  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Arbor Day Celebrated In Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven

-- Citizens Voice Blog: Celebrate Arbor Day In Pennsylvania

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Centennial, Tree City USA Celebrated

-- Western PA Conservancy To Hold Public Meetings, Invites Public Suggestions On Future Use, Improvements To Juniata River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Bedford Gazette: Juniata Watershed Meetings Planned In May

-- Inquirer: Hershey’s Chocolate Comes Full Circle On PA Dairy Farm, The Cows Love It

-- Penn State Extension Watersheds: How Land Use Impacts Groundwater  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Christmas Tree Farm In Schuylkill County Taking Part In International Research

-- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Resource Conservationist  [PaEN]

-- Asbury Woods Environmental Center In Erie Leads City Nature Challenge, 4-Day Bioblitz April 28 - May 1  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Putting Earth First: Portage Students Turn Out For Reboot Of School’s Annual Earth Day Cleanup

-- Post-Gazette: Shaler Students ‘Love The Earth’ And Show It In A New Book

-- Beaver County Times: Earth Day Celebrated At Sisters Of St. Joseph

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming College Students, Service Organizations Clean Up For Earth Day

-- WTAJ: ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day With Annual Watershed Cleanup Day In Centre County

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Native Plant Sale April 24 - May 5, Montgomery County

-- WESA: Find Seedlings, Local Growing Tips At One Of Penn State Extension’s Many Plant Sales

-- Centre Daily Times: Central PA Native Plant Festival Coming Next Month To New Location 

-- Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences: May 17 Webinar On The Latest Buzz On Beekeeping & Pollinators.  1:00 p.m.

-- Nature At Risk Series: Why Backyard Pollinators Are All The Buzz - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- WHYY/BillyPenn: Bees Are Busy At Philly’s Libraries, Making Honey Used For Education And Fun

-- Warren Times: Hellbender Makes Appearance At Cornplanter Council Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Spring Conservation Show

-- Penn State Extension: June 13 Webinar On Wildlife Adaptations - How Wildlife Endures Extreme Weather, Limited Resources, Predators To Stay Alive  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Major Habitat Improvement Project Complete At Sayers Dam, See It Now Before It’s Covered With Water: ‘A Fisherman’s Dream”

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Haven Area Students Release Fingerling Trout, Enjoy Outdoor Fun At County Fairgrounds  [Trout In The Classroom]

-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon: A Look At Bringing Peregrine Falcons Back To PA After DDT Effects

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Will New, Glass-Sided Skyscraper In Lancaster Kill Migrating Birds?  Here’s What’s Being Considered 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center First Sunday Story Time May 7

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Registration Open For Unique Appalachian Ecology Course For Teens - June 16-26, Deadline May 14

-- Altoona Mirror: Area Bat Population Slowly But Steadily Rebounding [Lincoln Caverns, Frank Felbaum Bat Sanctuary]

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Spring Green-Up - Seasonal Transition Marks Time To Start Anew

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: A Look At The Difference Between Altricial, Preconcial

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Establishes Protocol For Removal Of Ticks From Students In School

-- TribLive: Western PA Scientists Research Evolutionary Path Of Ancient Mammal Ancestors: Eating Plants And Blinking

-- Erie Times: Bluffs Of Lake Erie Are Receding, Threatening Homes Along The Shore

-- EPA Releases Report Showing Health Impacts Of Climate Change On Children In US

-- EPA Announces $400 Million Grant Program To Fund Clean School Buses

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- WESA: Train Derailments Could Pose A Major Risk To Southwestern PA’s Rivers, Pitt Researchers Say

-- WTAE: Rail Disaster Probability Discussed In Thursday Night Town Hall In Pittsburgh

-- DEP Posts Soil, Water Sampling Results Related To Monitoring PA For Impacts From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: DEP Says Soil, Water Samples Remain Safe After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- TribLive Editorial: DEP Must Remain Vigilant With Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Testing

-- UnionProgress.com: Third Beaver County School District Sues Norfolk Southern Over Train Derailment

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Altoona Keeping Close Watch On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Issues

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Incinerated Waste From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Raises Concerns In Ohio Town

-- WESA: Could New Rail Safety Rules Prevent The Next Norfolk Southern Train Derailment?  More Sensors Could Be Key, Experts Say

-- AP: Railroads Warned About Problems Long Trains Can Cause

-- WSJ: Norfolk Southern Says Ohio Train Derailment Has Cost $387 Million, Not Including Cost Recovery From Insurance

Emergency Response

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

6th Oil/Natural Gas Price Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- TribLive: Odds Of Gasoline Hitting $4/Gallon Decreasing, Analyst Says

-- MCall: Gasoline Prices On Rise In Lehigh Valley, What’s Next?

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA Average $3.74, National Average $3.61

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: One-Stop-Shop For Low-Income Utility Customers?  PUC Wants Your Thoughts

-- PUC Encourages Customers To Shop For Competitive Electric, Natural Gas Suppliers, Know Their ‘End Of Contract’ Details

-- National Fuel Gas To Adjust Gas Rate Down $4.52/Month Starting May 1

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Gas Works Must Justify Its 1,000% Rate Increase For Philly’s Steam Loop, PUC Orders

-- Erie Times: Feds Charge 6 NY Residents With Stealing Thousands Of Pounds Of Cooking Oil To Go To Make Biodiesel Fuel In Erie Refinery

-- Senate Environmental Committee Holds May 1 Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability Looking At Natural Gas, Other Generation Failures During Winter Storm Elliot In December [PaEN]

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Natural Gas Prices Are Down, But The Industry’s Spirits Are High

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking  [PaEN]

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - Up 1 From Last Week To 26

National/International

-- Reuters: Renewable Energy’s Share Of German Power Use Tops 50% In Q1

-- Reuters: EU Lawmakers Seek Methane Reductions On Europe’s Fossil Fuel Imports

-- Bloomberg: Greenpeace Warns Europe’s LNG Natural Gas Hunt Risks Locking In Pollution

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Rebounds As Traders Weigh Elusive Demand Pickup

-- Bloomberg: EU Bid To Swap Russia Natural Gas For Offshore Wind Is Falling Short

-- Bloomberg: EU Opens Natural Gas Buyers’ Club To Blunt Price Volatility Seen In Energy Crisis

-- WSJ: Exxon, Chevron Report $18 Billion In Profits Even As Oil, Natural Gas Prices Drop

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: Exxon Has Way Too Much Cash Laying Around

Energy

-- Senate Environmental Committee Holds May 1 Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability Looking At Natural Gas, Other Generation Failures During Winter Storm Elliot In December [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking  [PaEN]

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Natural Gas Prices Are Down, But The Industry’s Spirits Are High

-- House Consumer Protection Committee Reports Out Solar Energy Decommissioning Bills For Rereferral To House Environmental Committee  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Reports Out Bipartisan Bills On School Solar Energy Grants For Rereferral, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Replicate Steelton-Highspire Schools’ Solar Energy Facility Across PA

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Join The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. Michell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: Pro-Natural Gas Policies Necessary To Unlock Economic Growth, Environmental Gains In Northeast PA

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shapiro’s PUC Nominee Kimberly Barrow Is Right Pick, But Faces Challenges

-- Register Now!  9th Annual Renewables Summit Set For May 22-23 Harrisburg [PaEN]

-- PUC Hosts April 28 Meeting Of PA Sustainable Energy Board

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: One-Stop-Shop For Low-Income Utility Customers?  PUC Wants Your Thoughts

-- PUC Encourages Customers To Shop For Competitive Electric, Natural Gas Suppliers, Know Their ‘End Of Contract’ Details

-- National Fuel Gas To Adjust Gas Rate Down $4.52/Month Starting May 1

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Gas Works Must Justify Its 1,000% Rate Increase For Philly’s Steam Loop, PUC Orders

-- TribLive: Odds Of Gasoline Hitting $4/Gallon Decreasing, Analyst Says

-- MCall: Gasoline Prices On Rise In Lehigh Valley, What’s Next?

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA Average $3.74, National Average $3.61

-- Erie Times: Feds Charge 6 NY Residents With Stealing Thousands Of Pounds Of Cooking Oil To Go To Make Biodiesel Fuel In Erie Refinery

-- UnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Adding Solar Panels To New Stanton Office As Part Of Sustainability Effort

-- PennLive: 100+ People To Be Laid Off Due To Homer City Coal-fired Power Plant Closure

-- Post-Gazette: WV Electricity Customers Would See Their Bills Increase $36 Million To Keep Coal-Fired Power Plant Open

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators - Including PA - Urge PJM To Speed Interconnection For New Generation In Face Of Power Plant Retirements

-- Financial Times: US Renewables Industry Joins Big Oil To Fight Delays To Project Permits

-- WPost: New York Set To Pass First Statewide Ban On New Natural Gas Hookups In Residential, Commercial Buildings

-- Bloomberg: Oregon City Banned Natural Gas, The Gas Company Fought Back With $1 Million Counterattack

Energy Conservation

-- EPA Names 2023 Top Cities For ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings, Including Philadelphia

Environmental Health

-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment]

-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 22 - 28; Conventional Wells Venting Gas; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 29  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Community Matters: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Claim To Be A Good Neighbor Is Insulting To Beaver County Residents - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, Ph.D, RiverWise

-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Program: May 5 - Reducing Cancer Caused By Our Environment, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

-- Bloomberg: Orbiting Methane Cameras Are Catching Polluters In The Act

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- WPost: New York Set To Pass First Statewide Ban On New Natural Gas Hookups In Residential, Commercial Buildings

-- Bloomberg: Oregon City Banned Natural Gas, The Gas Company Fought Back With $1 Million Counterattack

-- EPA Releases Report Showing Health Impacts Of Climate Change On Children In US

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Establishes Protocol For Removal Of Ticks From Students In School

-- Scranton Times: What To Know About Tick, Lyme Disease Season Following A Mild Winter

Environmental Heritage

-- DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building  [PaEN]

-- County Conservation District Week Observed April 23-29  [PaEN]

-- CBF Blog: Student In CBF's Student Leadership Program Worked To Rename Stream After Kitty Payne, An Emancipated Slave Who Lived Near Biglerville, Adams County - By B.J. Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Archinect News: PHMC Receives Grant To Start Process Of Renovating The Learning Center At The Eckley Miners’ Village Museum In Carbon County

EPA

-- EPA Announces $400 Million Grant Program To Fund Clean School Buses

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke

-- EPA Names 2023 Top Cities For ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings, Including Philadelphia

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: PA Senate Panel OKs Bills To Change Vehicle Emission Inspection Program

-- DEP Tentatively Sets May 18 Online Public Conference On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County; Opponents Again Call For Robust Public Participation Process  [PaEN]

-- Washington Examiner Guest Essay: EPA Slowing Down Process For Approving Waste Injection Wells

Farming

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: EPA Lawsuit On Chesapeake Bay Tentatively Settled, With Pennsylvania Taking Heat

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Did EPA Throw PA Under The Boat On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Settlement?

-- MCall: Carbon Farming - What A Green Future Could Look Like For The Lehigh Valley

-- Inquirer: Hershey’s Chocolate Comes Full Circle On PA Dairy Farm, The Cows Love It

-- Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences: May 17 Webinar On The Latest Buzz On Beekeeping & Pollinators.  1:00 p.m.

-- Nature At Risk Series: Why Backyard Pollinators Are All The Buzz - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- KYW: Spotted Lanternflies Return To Delaware Valley

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board Awards Boating Facility, Erie Access Improvement Grants, Moves To Protect Wild Trout Populations

-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge

-- Centre Daily Times: Major Habitat Improvement Project Complete At Sayers Dam, See It Now Before It’s Covered With Water: ‘A Fisherman’s Dream”

-- Warren Times: Hellbender Makes Appearance At Cornplanter Council Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Spring Conservation Show

Flooding

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: FDR Park In Philly Floods During Construction Of Project Designed To Prevent Flooding

Forests

-- Guest Essay: DCNR’s Conservation And Stewardship Of State’s Natural Resources Is Vital To Pennsylvania's Booming Outdoor Recreation Industry - By Cindy Adams Dunn, Acting Secretary of DCNR, and John Norbeck Deputy Secretary for Parks & Forestry  [PaEN]

-- April 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Highlights Importance Of Trees In Communities On National Arbor Day At Cumberland County Event  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Arbor Day Celebrated In Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven

-- Citizens Voice Blog: Celebrate Arbor Day In Pennsylvania

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Centennial, Tree City USA Celebrated

-- UnionProgress.com: New Designation Celebrates 8 Of Pittsburgh’s ‘Remarkable Trees’

-- KYW: Spotted Lanternflies Return To Delaware Valley

-- WHYY: Philly’s Commercial Corridors Are Blooming With Greenery Thanks To 117 New Trees

-- Republican Herald: Christmas Tree Farm In Schuylkill County Taking Part In International Research

Forests - Wildfires

-- Centre Daily Times: Firefighters Who Battled Wildfire In Philipsburg Area Receive ‘Overwhelming’ Community Support

Grants/Funding

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Awards 11 Grants Totaling $120,000  [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board Awards Boating Facility, Erie Access Improvement Grants, Moves To Protect Wild Trout Populations

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $6 Million+ In Consumptive Water Use Mitigation Projects  [PaEN]

-- Archinect News: PHMC Receives Grant To Start Process Of Renovating The Learning Center At The Eckley Miners’ Village Museum In Carbon County

-- EPA Announces $400 Million Grant Program To Fund Clean School Buses

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke

Green Buildings

-- EPA Names 2023 Top Cities For ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings, Including Philadelphia

Green Infrastructure

-- Guest Essay: DCNR’s Conservation And Stewardship Of State’s Natural Resources Is Vital To Pennsylvania's Booming Outdoor Recreation Industry - By Cindy Adams Dunn, Acting Secretary of DCNR, and John Norbeck Deputy Secretary for Parks & Forestry  [PaEN]

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com: New Designation Celebrates 8 Of Pittsburgh’s ‘Remarkable Trees’

-- DCNR Highlights Importance Of Trees In Communities On National Arbor Day At Cumberland County Event  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Arbor Day Celebrated In Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven

-- Citizens Voice Blog: Celebrate Arbor Day In Pennsylvania

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Centennial, Tree City USA Celebrated

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Awards 11 Grants Totaling $120,000  [PaEN]

-- County Conservation District Week Observed April 23-29  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Organizers Of Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Envision It As Model For Clean Water Projects

-- Western PA Conservancy To Hold Public Meetings, Invites Public Suggestions On Future Use, Improvements To Juniata River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Bedford Gazette: Juniata Watershed Meetings Planned In May

-- York Daily Record: EPA Lawsuit On Chesapeake Bay Tentatively Settled, With Pennsylvania Taking Heat

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Did EPA Throw PA Under The Boat On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Settlement?

-- Penn State Extension Watersheds: How Land Use Impacts Groundwater  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Monroeville Conservation Project Among Allegheny Land Trust’s 30th Anniversary Efforts

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Launches Ambitious 15-Year North Scranton Riverfront Project

-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge

-- MCall: Carbon Farming - What A Green Future Could Look Like For The Lehigh Valley

-- WHYY: Philly’s Commercial Corridors Are Blooming With Greenery Thanks To 117 New Trees

-- Public Opinion: Goats Will Do Yardwork In Chambersburg

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Youth Service Corps For Cleaning Up Environment Deserves Bipartisan Support

-- Reading Eagle: 1,300+ Feet Of Blue Marsh Lake Shoreline Restored, Fish Habitat Added

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Native Plant Sale April 24 - May 5, Montgomery County

-- WESA: Find Seedlings, Local Growing Tips At One Of Penn State Extension’s Many Plant Sales

-- Centre Daily Times: Central PA Native Plant Festival Coming Next Month To New Location

Green Technology

-- ​​Reimagine Appalachia: New Report Outlines Job Impacts Of Green Locomotives From The Wabtec Manufacturing Facility In Erie  [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment]

-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 22 - 28; Conventional Wells Venting Gas; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 29  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant

-- Bloomberg: Orbiting Methane Cameras Are Catching Polluters In The Act

-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Community Matters: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Claim To Be A Good Neighbor Is Insulting To Beaver County Residents - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, Ph.D, RiverWise

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- WPost: New York Set To Pass First Statewide Ban On New Natural Gas Hookups In Residential, Commercial Buildings

-- Bloomberg: Oregon City Banned Natural Gas, The Gas Company Fought Back With $1 Million Counterattack

-- EPA Releases Report Showing Health Impacts Of Climate Change On Children In US

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Resource Conservationist  [PaEN]

Land Conservation

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Monroeville Conservation Project Among Allegheny Land Trust’s 30th Anniversary Efforts

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Launches Ambitious 15-Year North Scranton Riverfront Project

-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge

-- MCall: Carbon Farming - What A Green Future Could Look Like For The Lehigh Valley

-- Public Opinion: Goats Will Do Yardwork In Chambersburg 

Land Use Planning

-- MCall: Carbon Farming - What A Green Future Could Look Like For The Lehigh Valley

Lake Erie

-- Erie Times: Bluffs Of Lake Erie Are Receding, Threatening Homes Along The Shore

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Collects Over 73,000 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste At Collection Event April 28-29  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Mountain Climbers Rappel Down Mount Washington In Pittsburgh To Cleanup Litter

-- Post-Gazette: ‘This Is Amazing,’: Dozens Rappel Off Mount Washington For Annual Litter Clean Up

-- Republican Herald: 685 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Collected During Take Back Day In Schuylkill County

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly’s Ban Has Prevented 200 Million Plastic Bags From Being Used

-- WHYY: Study Finds Philly’s Plastic Bag Ban Is Working

-- WHYY: Cheltenham Twp. Passes Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags; 16th Municipality In PA To Pass A Ban

-- PA Resources Council: Registration Open For Weekday Electronics Waste Collection Events In Allegheny County During May  [PaEN] 

-- PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Cambria County During May  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Sets May Schedule For Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- CleanScapes: Volunteers Needed For Cleanups In Clinton County, Northcentral PA Starting April 29

-- TribLive: Aspinwall Cleans Up Through ‘Green Streets’ Program

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming College Students, Service Organizations Clean Up For Earth Day 

-- WTAJ: ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day With Annual Watershed Cleanup Day In Centre County

Mine Reclamation

-- WSJ: US Wants A Rare Earths Supply Chain, Why It Won’t Come Easily [PA Cong. Reschenthaler Bill]

Oil & Gas

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment]

-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 22 - 28; Conventional Wells Venting Gas; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 29  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: Climate Activists Urge US Officials To Drop The ‘Natural’ In Natural Gas - Fossil Gas One Alternative

-- Senate Environmental Committee Holds May 1 Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability Looking At Natural Gas, Other Generation Failures During Winter Storm Elliot In December [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Natural Gas Prices Are Down, But The Industry’s Spirits Are High

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Should Account For Natural Gas Fracking Waste

-- DEP Tentatively Sets May 18 Online Public Conference On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County; Opponents Again Call For Robust Public Participation Process  [PaEN]

-- Washington Examiner Guest Essay: EPA Slowing Down Process For Approving Waste Injection Wells

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: Pro-Natural Gas Policies Necessary To Unlock Economic Growth, Environmental Gains In Northeast PA

-- Dickinson College To Recognize Environmental & Indigenous Rights Advocate Tara Houska With Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism  [PaEN]

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- Scranton Times: Summit Focuses On Natural Gas Opportunities, Challenges [Marcellus Shale Coalition]

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Community Matters: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Claim To Be A Good Neighbor Is Insulting To Beaver County Residents - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, Ph.D, RiverWise

-- Bloomberg: Orbiting Methane Cameras Are Catching Polluters In The Act

-- WITF: Victims Of Berks County Chocolate Plant Natural Gas Explosion Seek Accountability

-- TribLive: Odds Of Gasoline Hitting $4/Gallon Decreasing, Analyst Says

-- MCall: Gasoline Prices On Rise In Lehigh Valley, What’s Next?

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA Average $3.74, National Average $3.61

-- Erie Times: Feds Charge 6 NY Residents With Stealing Thousands Of Pounds Of Cooking Oil To Go To Make Biodiesel Fuel In Erie Refinery

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources CEOs: No Change In Strategy With New Leadership

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: California Shareholder Initiative On Climate Hotly Contested By CNX

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Natural Gas Calls Shareholder Climate Proposal ‘Spamlike In Nature’

-- WPost: New York Set To Pass First Statewide Ban On New Natural Gas Hookups In Residential, Commercial Buildings

-- Bloomberg: Oregon City Banned Natural Gas, The Gas Company Fought Back With $1 Million Counterattack

-- Reuters: Renewable Energy’s Share Of German Power Use Tops 50% In Q1

-- Reuters: EU Lawmakers Seek Methane Reductions On Europe’s Fossil Fuel Imports

-- Bloomberg: Greenpeace Warns Europe’s LNG Natural Gas Hunt Risks Locking In Pollution

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Rebounds As Traders Weigh Elusive Demand Pickup

-- Bloomberg: EU Bid To Swap Russia Natural Gas For Offshore Wind Is Falling Short

-- Bloomberg: EU Opens Natural Gas Buyers’ Club To Blunt Price Volatility Seen In Energy Crisis

-- WSJ: Exxon, Chevron Report $18 Billion In Profits Even As Oil, Natural Gas Prices Drop

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: Exxon Has Way Too Much Cash Laying Around

Pipelines

-- Bloomberg: 546,000 Gallon Crude Oil Spill From Keystone Pipeline Caused By Fatigue Crack, TC Energy Says

Permitting

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw To Introduce Bill To Remove ‘Protection’ From The Name Of The Department Of Environmental Protection  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: Climate Activists Urge US Officials To Drop The ‘Natural’ In Natural Gas - Fossil Gas One Alternative

-- DEP: New Webpage Outlines Plan To Streamline Permit Process Without Sacrificing Thorough Reviews, Public Participation

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 22 - 28; Conventional Wells Venting Gas; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 29  [PaEN]

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- DEP To Hold May 17 Meeting/Hearing On Rausch Creek Mining Project In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- Financial Times: US Renewables Industry Joins Big Oil To Fight Delays To Project Permits

-- DEP Took Action On 664 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,441 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Public Participation

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 29  [PaEN]

-- DEP Tentatively Sets May 18 Online Public Conference On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County; Opponents Again Call For Robust Public Participation Process  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold May 17 Meeting/Hearing On Rausch Creek Mining Project In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy To Hold Public Meetings, Invites Public Suggestions On Future Use, Improvements To Juniata River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Bedford Gazette: Juniata Watershed Meetings Planned In May

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing May 10 On Water Withdrawal Requests, June 7 Business Meeting  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Gov. Shapiro’s Climate Panel Should Be Open

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: One-Stop-Shop For Low-Income Utility Customers?  PUC Wants Your Thoughts

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Gas Works Must Justify Its 1,000% Rate Increase For Philly’s Steam Loop, PUC Orders

-- DEP Posts 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 29 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PUC

-- Senate Environmental Committee Holds May 1 Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability Looking At Natural Gas, Other Generation Failures During Winter Storm Elliot In December [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shapiro’s PUC Nominee Kimberly Barrow Is Right Pick, But Faces Challenges

-- PUC Hosts April 28 Meeting Of PA Sustainable Energy Board

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: One-Stop-Shop For Low-Income Utility Customers?  PUC Wants Your Thoughts

-- PUC Encourages Customers To Shop For Competitive Electric, Natural Gas Suppliers, Know Their ‘End Of Contract’ Details

-- National Fuel Gas To Adjust Gas Rate Down $4.52/Month Starting May 1

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Gas Works Must Justify Its 1,000% Rate Increase For Philly’s Steam Loop, PUC Orders

-- PennLive: 100+ People To Be Laid Off Due To Homer City Coal-fired Power Plant Closure

-- Post-Gazette: WV Electricity Customers Would See Their Bills Increase $36 Million To Keep Coal-Fired Power Plant Open

-- WITF: Victims Of Berks County Chocolate Plant Natural Gas Explosion Seek Accountability

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators - Including PA - Urge PJM To Speed Interconnection For New Generation In Face Of Power Plant Retirements

Recreation

-- Guest Essay: DCNR’s Conservation And Stewardship Of State’s Natural Resources Is Vital To Pennsylvania's Booming Outdoor Recreation Industry - By Cindy Adams Dunn, Acting Secretary of DCNR, and John Norbeck Deputy Secretary for Parks & Forestry  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Altoona Is Boosting Its Economy With Outdoor Recreation

-- April 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Time To Register For 65th Allegany Nature Pilgrimage June 2-4

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Off And Riding: Annual Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wyoming Counties Bike Ride Starts In Pittston For First Time

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Recreationalists Discovering Beauty On The Susquehanna And Along Its Banks

-- Western PA Conservancy To Hold Public Meetings, Invites Public Suggestions On Future Use, Improvements To Juniata River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Bedford Gazette: Juniata Watershed Meetings Planned In May

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Launches Ambitious 15-Year North Scranton Riverfront Project

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Trail To Connect Saint Clair With Frackville

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: FDR Park In Philly Floods During Construction Of Project Designed To Prevent Flooding

-- TribLive: New Trail To Blaze, Wynn & Clara Tredway River Trail In Of Allegheny Twp. Nears Completion

-- Williamsport Sun: Work Underway At Williamsport Parks

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Youth Service Corps For Cleaning Up Environment Deserves Bipartisan Support

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Establishes Protocol For Removal Of Ticks From Students In School

-- Scranton Times: What To Know About Tick, Lyme Disease Season Following A Mild Winter

-- WPost: On Frontier Of New ‘Gold Rush,’ Quest For Coveted EV Metals Yields Misery

Recycling/Waste

-- WTAJ: Pennsylvania Creates More Trash Per Person Than 47 Other States

-- TribLive: Mountain Climbers Rappel Down Mount Washington In Pittsburgh To Cleanup Litter

-- Post-Gazette: ‘This Is Amazing,’: Dozens Rappel Off Mount Washington For Annual Litter Clean Up

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Collects Over 73,000 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste At Collection Event April 28-29  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: 685 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Collected During Take Back Day In Schuylkill County

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly’s Ban Has Prevented 200 Million Plastic Bags From Being Used

-- WHYY: Study Finds Philly’s Plastic Bag Ban Is Working

-- WHYY: Cheltenham Twp. Passes Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags; 16th Municipality In PA To Pass A Ban

-- PA Resources Council: Registration Open For Weekday Electronics Waste Collection Events In Allegheny County During May  [PaEN] 

-- PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Cambria County During May  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Sets May Schedule For Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- DEP Tentatively Sets May 18 Online Public Conference On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County; Opponents Again Call For Robust Public Participation Process  [PaEN]

-- Washington Examiner Guest Essay: EPA Slowing Down Process For Approving Waste Injection Wells

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Should Account For Natural Gas Fracking Waste

-- Inquirer: Hershey’s Chocolate Comes Full Circle On PA Dairy Farm, The Cows Love It

-- TribLive: Aspinwall Cleans Up Through ‘Green Streets’ Program

-- CleanScapes: Volunteers Needed For Cleanups In Clinton County, Northcentral PA Starting April 29

-- TribLive: Leechburg Recycling Center Volunteers Carry Heavy Burden

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming College Students, Service Organizations Clean Up For Earth Day

-- DelcoTimes.com: Chester Residents, Activists Again March On Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility

-- WHYY: Bill Aims To Increase Penalties For Illegal Dumping In Philadelphia

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Can Do Better To Recycle More - Our Members Are Proving It - PA Chemical Industry Council

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Waste Authority CEO To Retire Next Year

Renewable Energy

-- Senate Environmental Committee Holds May 1 Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability Looking At Natural Gas, Other Generation Failures During Winter Storm Elliot In December [PaEN]

-- House Consumer Protection Committee Reports Out Solar Energy Decommissioning Bills For Rereferral To House Environmental Committee  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Reports Out Bipartisan Bills On School Solar Energy Grants For Rereferral, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Replicate Steelton-Highspire Schools’ Solar Energy Facility Across PA

-- UnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Adding Solar Panels To New Stanton Office As Part Of Sustainability Effort

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Join The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. Michell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- Register Now!  9th Annual Renewables Summit Set For May 22-23 Harrisburg [PaEN]

-- PUC Hosts April 28 Meeting Of PA Sustainable Energy Board

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators - Including PA - Urge PJM To Speed Interconnection For New Generation In Face Of Power Plant Retirements

-- Financial Times: US Renewables Industry Joins Big Oil To Fight Delays To Project Permits

-- Bloomberg: EU Bid To Swap Russia Natural Gas For Offshore Wind Is Falling Short

-- Reuters: Renewable Energy’s Share Of German Power Use Tops 50% In Q1

Stormwater

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: EPA Lawsuit On Chesapeake Bay Tentatively Settled, With Pennsylvania Taking Heat

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Did EPA Throw PA Under The Boat On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Settlement? 

-- TribLive: Pine Township OKs Stormwater Management Projects In Allegheny County

SRBC

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $6 Million+ In Consumptive Water Use Mitigation Projects  [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $6 Million+ In Consumptive Water Use Mitigation Projects  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Launches Ambitious 15-Year North Scranton Riverfront Project

-- Western PA Conservancy To Hold Public Meetings, Invites Public Suggestions On Future Use, Improvements To Juniata River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Bedford Gazette: Juniata Watershed Meetings Planned In May

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Recreationalists Discovering Beauty On The Susquehanna And Along Its Banks

Sustainability

-- UnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Adding Solar Panels To New Stanton Office As Part Of Sustainability Effort

Watershed Protection

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: EPA Lawsuit On Chesapeake Bay Tentatively Settled, With Pennsylvania Taking Heat

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Did EPA Throw PA Under The Boat On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Settlement?

-- Julia Krall Named PA Executive Director Of Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Awards 11 Grants Totaling $120,000  [PaEN]

-- County Conservation District Week Observed April 23-29  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Organizers Of Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Envision It As Model For Clean Water Projects

-- CBF Blog: Student In CBF's Student Leadership Program Worked To Rename Stream After Kitty Payne, An Emancipated Slave Who Lived Near Biglerville, Adams County - By B.J. Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- DEP Update On Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters: New Funding Available; Watershed Forestry Summit; County Updates, More

-- Protecting Clean Water Together Series: Community Solar Saves Water - Keeps it Clean - Saves Money, Too! -  By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- WTAJ: ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day With Annual Watershed Cleanup Day In Centre County

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Launches Ambitious 15-Year North Scranton Riverfront Project

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $6 Million+ In Consumptive Water Use Mitigation Projects  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Completes Water Storage Study To Support Resilience Planning; 12 Of 14 Final Projects In PA  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing May 10 On Water Withdrawal Requests, June 7 Business Meeting  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: 1,300+ Feet Of Blue Marsh Lake Shoreline Restored, Fish Habitat Added

-- CleanScapes: Volunteers Needed For Cleanups In Clinton County, Northcentral PA Starting April 29

-- Western PA Conservancy To Hold Public Meetings, Invites Public Suggestions On Future Use, Improvements To Juniata River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Bedford Gazette: Juniata Watershed Meetings Planned In May

-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge

-- TribLive: Pine Township OKs Stormwater Management Projects In Allegheny County

-- Centre Daily Times: Major Habitat Improvement Project Complete At Sayers Dam, See It Now Before It’s Covered With Water: ‘A Fisherman’s Dream”

-- Penn State Extension Watersheds: How Land Use Impacts Groundwater  [PaEN]

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Wildlife

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board Awards Boating Facility, Erie Access Improvement Grants, Moves To Protect Wild Trout Populations

-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon: A Look At Bringing Peregrine Falcons Back To PA After DDT Effects

-- Penn State Extension: June 13 Webinar On Wildlife Adaptations - How Wildlife Endures Extreme Weather, Limited Resources, Predators To Stay Alive  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Major Habitat Improvement Project Complete At Sayers Dam, See It Now Before It’s Covered With Water: ‘A Fisherman’s Dream”

-- Warren Times: Hellbender Makes Appearance At Cornplanter Council Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Spring Conservation Show

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Haven Area Students Release Fingerling Trout, Enjoy Outdoor Fun At County Fairgrounds  [Trout In The Classroom]

-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Will New, Glass-Sided Skyscraper In Lancaster Kill Migrating Birds?  Here’s What’s Being Considered 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center First Sunday Story Time May 7

-- Altoona Mirror: Area Bat Population Slowly But Steadily Rebounding [Lincoln Caverns, Frank Felbaum Bat Sanctuary] 

-- Reading Eagle: 1,300+ Feet Of Blue Marsh Lake Shoreline Restored, Fish Habitat Added

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: A Look At The Difference Between Altricial, Preconcial 

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Spring Green-Up - Seasonal Transition Marks Time To Start Anew

-- TribLive: Western PA Scientists Research Evolutionary Path Of Ancient Mammal Ancestors: Eating Plants And Blinking

West Nile/Zika Virus

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Establishes Protocol For Removal Of Ticks From Students In School

-- Scranton Times: What To Know About Tick, Lyme Disease Season Following A Mild Winter

Opportunities

-- Julia Krall Named PA Executive Director Of Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Resource Conservationist  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Waste Authority CEO To Retire Next Year 

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[Posted: April 30, 2023]

5/1/2023